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Mark 11:33
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KJ21
And they answered and said unto Jesus, “We cannot tell.” And Jesus answering, said unto them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
ASV
And they answered Jesus and say, We know not. And Jesus saith unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
AMP
So they replied to Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
AMPC
So they replied to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus said to them, Neither am I going to tell you what [sort of] authority I have for doing these things.
BRG
And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
CSB
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
CSBA
So they answered Jesus, ‘We don’t know.’ And Jesus said to them, ‘Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.’
CEB
They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things.”
CJB
So they answered Yeshua, “We don’t know.” “Then,” he replied, “I won’t tell you by what s’mikhah I do these things.”
CEV
and told Jesus, “We don't know.” Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”
DARBY
And they answering say to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus [answering] says to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what authority I do these things.
DLNT
And having responded to Jesus, they say “We do not know”. And Jesus says to them, “Nor am I telling you by what kind of authority I am doing these things”.
DRA
And they answering, say to Jesus: We know not. And Jesus answering, saith to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
ERV
So the leaders answered Jesus, “We don’t know the answer.” Jesus said, “Then I will not tell you who gave me the authority to do these things.”
EASY
So the Jewish leaders answered Jesus: ‘We do not know who gave John his authority.’ So Jesus said to them, ‘You will not answer my question. So I will not tell you what authority I have to do these things.’
EHV
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
ESV
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
ESVUK
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
EXB
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Then I won’t tell you what authority I have to do these things.”
GNV
Then they answered, and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answered, and said unto them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
GW
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus told them, “Then I won’t tell you why I have the right to do these things.”
GNT
So their answer to Jesus was, “We don't know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.”
HCSB
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
ICB
So the leaders answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said, “Then I will not tell you what authority I use to do these things.”
ISV
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then Jesus told them, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I’m doing these things.”
PHILLIPS
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” “Then I cannot tell you by what authority I do these things,” returned Jesus.
JUB
And answering, they said unto Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Neither shall I tell you with what faculty I do these things.
KJV
And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
AKJV
And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
LSB
And answering Jesus, they *said, “We do not know.” And Jesus *said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
LEB
And they replied to Jesus saying, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
TLB
So they said, “We can’t answer. We don’t know.” To which Jesus replied, “Then I won’t answer your question either!”
MSG
They were on the spot, and knew it. They pulled back into a huddle and whispered, “If we say ‘heaven,’ he’ll ask us why we didn’t believe John; if we say ‘humans,’ we’ll be up against it with the people because they all hold John up as a prophet.” They decided to concede that round to Jesus. “We don’t know,” they said. Jesus replied, “Then I won’t answer your question either.”
MEV
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” Jesus answered them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
MOUNCE
So in answer to Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” And · Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
NOG
So they answered Yeshua, “We don’t know.” Yeshua told them, “Then I won’t tell you why I have the right to do these things.”
NABRE
So they said to Jesus in reply, “We do not know.” Then Jesus said to them, “Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
NASB
Answering Jesus, they *said, “We do not know.” And Jesus *said to them, “Neither am I telling you by what authority I do these things.”
NASB1995
Answering Jesus, they *said, “We do not know.” And Jesus *said to them, “Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
NCB
Therefore, they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Then neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
NCV
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Then I won’t tell you what authority I have to do these things.”
NET
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
NIRV
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I am doing these things either.”
NIV
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
NIVUK
So they answered Jesus, ‘We don’t know.’ Jesus said, ‘Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.’
NKJV
So they answered and said to Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus answered and said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
NLV
So they said, “We do not know.” Then Jesus said, “Then I will not tell you by what right and power I do these things.”
NLT
So they finally replied, “We don’t know.” And Jesus responded, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things.”
NMB
And they answered and said to Jesus, We don’t know. And Jesus answered and said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
NRSVA
So they answered Jesus, ‘We do not know.’ And Jesus said to them, ‘Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.’
NRSVACE
So they answered Jesus, ‘We do not know.’ And Jesus said to them, ‘Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.’
NRSVCE
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
NRSVUE
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
NTFE
“We don’t know,” they said to Jesus. “Nor will I tell you,” replied Jesus, “by what right I do these things.”
OJB
And in reply to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, they say, We do not have daas. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Neither will I tell you by what kind of samchut I do these things.
RGT
Then they answered, and said to Jesus, “We cannot tell.” And Jesus answered, and said to them, “Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
RSV
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
RSVCE
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
TLV
So answering Yeshua, they say, “We don’t know.” And Yeshua tells them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
VOICE
(responding to Jesus) We don’t know what to tell You. Jesus: All right, then don’t expect Me to tell you where I get the authority to say and do these things.
WEB
They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
WE
So they answered Jesus, `We do not know.' Then Jesus said, `Neither will I tell you what right I have to do these things.'
WYC
And they answered, and said to Jesus, We know not. And Jesus answered, and said to them [And Jesus answering saith to them], Neither I say to you, in what power I do these things.
YLT
and answering they say to Jesus, `We have not known;' and Jesus answering saith to them, `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.'
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